NICANOR PARRA dies at 103

Nicanor Parra in 1992. (Alvaro Hoppe/AP)

By John Otis 

 

Obituaries

January 23

 

Nicanor Parra, an eminent Chilean scientist-turned-poet who revolutionized Latin American verse by rejecting its flowery diction and forging a stripped-down, confrontational and darkly comic form that he dubbed “anti-poetry,” died Jan. 23 at his home in the La Reina section of Santiago, Chile. He was 103.

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